The cross examiner's job was to discredit the witness. From LearnThat.org.
Your actions will bring discredit to your name. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The third thing to her discredit was her living in the land of Canaan, whose inhabitants were known to be harsh and evil. From Wordnik.com. [Rahab: Midrash and Aggadah.] Reference
Someone shouted out that they did that to "discredit" him. From Wordnik.com. [Kirsten Anderson: In NYC, Kucinich Preaches To The Choir] Reference
Were they able to kind of discredit him based on his command of English?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference
Thanks for your take on the "discredit" machine now being stoked by all the usual suspects. From Wordnik.com. [Roberts: White House says 'not the Scott McClellan we knew'] Reference
The first is that Margaret Thatcher, in her struggle with the miners, sought to 'discredit' fossil fuels. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Global Warming Inconvenient Truth] Reference
When discussing the Plame affair, they frequently describe the White House's actions as an attempt to "discredit" Joseph Wilson. From Wordnik.com. [Man of the Year: Patrick Fitzgerald] Reference
But what happened was, they did start a campaign to kind of discredit me and undermine my credibility because of what I had written. From Wordnik.com. [Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews] Reference
And then taxpayers, who despise the notion of welfare queens, will demand Congress "discredit" and dethrone the kings of Wall Street. From Wordnik.com. [Leo W. Gerard: TARP is Welfare; Control It] Reference
I wasn't even saying it in order to 'discredit' good reviews. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The idea is to "discredit" the opposition and give a pretext for a crackdown. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Me Before I Vote Again] Reference
The best and most efficient way to "discredit" someone is by ACCUSING them of "anti-semitism". From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
Ok, I'll have to take "discredit" for some predictions such as the continuing glory days for U.S. farmers. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Frank then turned the tables on his interviewer by quizzing Ballasy: I know you're looking for some way to kind of discredit the policy. From Wordnik.com. [Crooks and Liars] Reference
She said that such moves would only "discredit" the opposition and divert the opposition's focus from the major internal political issues. From Wordnik.com. [Civil.Ge Daily News] Reference
'discredit' the science, and why they were incomplete, wrong or misleading. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Next comes the campaign to discredit the accusers. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Lies And The President] Reference
Insurance investigators try to discredit such films with their own surveillance tapes. From Wordnik.com. [Video Vigilantes] Reference
How about by argument on substance, rather than by attempts to belittle and discredit?. From Wordnik.com. [Bam. Crash. Kersplat.] Reference
This criticism is based on either sheer misunderstanding or an intention to discredit me. From Wordnik.com. [A True Diplomat] Reference
An heir to the Mellon fortune, he has spent millions attempting to discredit the president. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Conspiracy' At Work?] Reference
So Churchill sent spies to discredit the isolationists and stir sympathy for joining the fight. From Wordnik.com. [A Spy We Loved] Reference
So I would be very wary of anyone using this as a way to discredit the idea of public financing. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: 'The System Needs Significant Changing'] Reference
Dole says the incident was a common crime and called the allegations "propaganda ... geared to discredit Dole.". From Wordnik.com. [Lining Up At The Exit] Reference
But every time the FBI and mainstream media discredit the story, it's enhanced in the eyes of conspiracy freaks. From Wordnik.com. [The Age Of Conspiracism] Reference
The proper response to evidence that you dislike or dispute is to supplement or discredit it with better evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Cynicism 101] Reference
Liberals fear that their failure to make effective use of their new power may discredit the very notion of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Heading For A Crackup?] Reference
They say his old antagonists at the State Department and CIA are out to discredit him, or enemies in Iran want to frame him. From Wordnik.com. [INTEL: THE HUNT FOR THE IRANIANS' INFORMER] Reference
Both parties, to their discredit, have promoted this fiction about not "raiding" money that belongs in a Social Security "lockbox.". From Wordnik.com. [A Surplus Of Surplus-Fetish] Reference
The fact that so many of those judgments could easily pass for today's backlash to Bush's speech doesn't automatically discredit them. From Wordnik.com. [Hold That Rush To Judgment] Reference
The plot saga was interpreted as a bid by Mbeki loyalists to discredit potential opponents ahead of next year's internal party elections. From Wordnik.com. [In The Shadow Of Mandela] Reference
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